Nomad Stunts is an international action company, established in 2000 by the Honored Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Stunt coordinator, Stunt performer, Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov.
In 2007, the Mongol, directed by Sergei Bodrov, was released, in which Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov acted as stunt coordinator, stunt performer and stunt double of the leading characters. Action scenes of the film received rave reviews from the film industry professionals and starting from that period Kazakhstan stunt team got worldwide acknowledgement.
Since 2009, Nomad Stunts have become regular participants of large-scale nationwide and Hollywood filming industry. The group performed stunts for such films as Mulan, Tomiris, The Way Back The Expendables 2, 47 Ronin, Conan the Barbarian, including the popular TV series Warrior, Marco Polo Resurrection Ertugrul. The full Nomad Stunts filmography you can find here.
In 2015, Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov joined Hitz International Action Team.
In 2017, Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov was nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards for his work on Viking motion picture.
In 2018, Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov and the Nomad Stunts were included in the KINES Kazakh Book of Records. Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov also became the holder of the Kurmet Order, which is the government award.
Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov made history in 2020, becoming the first Kazakhstan national to win the prestigious Taurus World Stunt Awards (USA), also known as the stunt performers’ Oscars. He won the award for action in the movie “Tomiris.”
Over the years, the Nomad Stunts has worked with global cinema stars such as Keanu Reeves, Colin Farrell, Joaquin Phoenix, Michelle Yeoh, Saoirse Ronan, Samuel L Jackson, Natalie Portman, Liu Yifei, Sean Bean, Ed Harris, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Tadanobu Asano, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Tom Wu and Benedict Wong.
The Nomad Stunts is currently made up of 86 stunt performers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Australia, Canada, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine; 40 trained stunt horses, and a special training base close to the town of Issyk in Almaty Region.
